Example sentences of "is [vb pp] [prep] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shelf stock for each interest category is calculated by expressing its loan component percentage as a percentage of the total open shelf capacity of the library . |
| 2 | In the case of contaminated soil , the material is slurried before introducing it to the reactor , enabling mostly liquid-phase reactions to occur . |
| 3 | To create a curved hemline you will have already made the hem itself and the curve is formed by reversing what you have already learned in sloping for the shoulders . |
| 4 | I do , however , feel that any therapist is justified in asking you each time to pay in advance for your next visit ( which would result in no payment on the day of the final consultation ) . |
| 5 | At meetings of the Anonymous Fellowships , continued recovery is sustained by sharing one 's own experience , strength and hope and hearing others share how life was , what happened and how life is now . |
| 6 | In consequence , the reader 's task is limited to deciding which of the voices work , in terms of authenticity , plausibility and interest , and which do not . |
| 7 | Any state of the net is given by specifying its list of weights ( in order ) . |
| 8 | ABC is committed to expanding its European division ; that is why they have acquired Name and is why they intend to expand it ; |
| 9 | Sausalito , California-based Autodesk Inc says it is committed to diversifying its revenue stream , but did n't say what it had in mind . |
| 10 | In the past , such a sweeping move would have taken the form of a peremptory decree , but the new parliament is committed to doing everything by the rules . |
| 11 | The principal Opposition party is committed to cutting defence expenditure by a quarter , and the right hon. Member for Yeovil ( Mr. Ashdown ) is committed to cutting it by a half . |
| 12 | British Gas South Western is committed to playing its part in the integrated national control network of gas supplies . |
| 13 | The investor if he is going to make money this way , must have a broker who is committed to showing him a profit , as well as earning his commission off him . |
| 14 | The government has not so far given ground on Mozambique , and has insisted that it is committed to keeping its troops in Cambodia . |
| 15 | The University is committed to continuing its support for Oxford 's great historical collections ( including the Bodleian Library and the Ashmolean , Pitt Rivers , and University Museums ) , which form a national , and international , resource for scholarship , and to maintaining acquisitions in its central research libraries ( Bodleian , Ashmolean and Taylorian ) at a level commensurate with their responsibilities to the international scholarly community . |
| 16 | It is strictly PPR , and a long study of Pooley 's is recommended before starting your flight plan . |
| 17 | Inferring the function of what is said by considering its form and context is an ability which is essential for the creation and reception of coherent discourse and thus for successful communication . |
| 18 | The principle is commonly known as proprietary estoppel , and since the effect of it is that B is prevented from asserting his strict legal rights it has something in common with estoppel . |
| 19 | It is usual to provide for such circumstances by permitting expulsion where a partner , through ill health etc , is prevented from performing his obligations to the firm . |
| 20 | If a person is prevented from doing what they would otherwise intend or desire to do , or if they are coerced into doing what they would not otherwise want or desire to do , they are not acting autonomously . |
| 21 | The State Department 's reply [ KP 125 ] was : " The Department assumes that the 28,000 Cossacks in question are Soviet Nationals and , if so , no objection is seen to delivering them to the Russian forces in accordance with the terms of the Yalta agreement . |
| 22 | Anyone in possession of material inside information must either disclose it to the investing public or if he is disabled from disclosing it in order to protect a corporate confidence , or he chooses not to do so , must abstain from trading in or recommending the securities concerned while such inside information remains undisclosed . |
| 23 | This takes the form of direct action by A on the person or property of B whereby B is disabled from performing his contract with C , as where A physically detains B or steals B's specialised tools without which B can not carry out his obligation . |
| 24 | This is done by presenting them with programmes designed for native speakers and setting tasks which assume a high level of comprehension of the video material . |
| 25 | If you are to get the maximum enjoyment from growing roses , just as much care is needed in choosing one as a hundred , and it is to selecting what to grow — and where to buy — that we now turn . |
| 26 | A white dot is produced by printing nothing at all . |
| 27 | Thus it is clear that ( a ) affirms the footballer ; ( b ) also affirms the footballer because the speaker has made it clear that it is a personal reaction of liking or disliking which has nothing to do with appreciation of football 's being a good game ; ( c ) is affirming also because although criticism of the game is stated , its positive value comes first , and in any case the keen footballer is likely to be the first to agree that the level of enjoyment varies according to different games of football ; ( d ) however veers towards dismissal of football and therefore dismissal of what is meaningful to the footballer , because although it acknowledges that sometimes it is a good game the emphasis is on the negative side ; ( e ) is not affirming because even though the hurt to the footballer is cushioned by making it clear that this is a personal opinion , a very negative judgement is in fact articulated ; ( f ) has the straight effect of dismissing the footballer as well as football because it implies that anyone who spends time on football is stupid . |
| 28 | ‘ The tea itself , ’ I reflect aloud , ‘ is transformed by bleaching it with milk , so it no way resembles the complexions of those swarthy people , least of all the inhabitants of a tea-producing Indian subcontinent . |
| 29 | The position of the parties is preserved by allowing them to alter or revoke any third party right without the latter 's consent , unless there is a specific arrangement to the contrary , or evidence that the parties intended otherwise . |
| 30 | Details emerged at the trial of Paula 's husband Eddie Gilfoyle , who is accused of murdering her when she was eight months pregnant in June last year . |